Piper PA-18-150
N4500W is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wilsall, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 19, 1981. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-8009019
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1980
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A57489 (octal 51272211)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 18, 2024
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- December 18, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 19, 1981
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00562734
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Magalsky Jacob J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 12
Wilsall, MT 59086-0012
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear
The public federal record on N4500W, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Magalsky Jacob J, an individual, certificate issued December 18, 2024, expires December 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 19, 1981, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-8009019 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4500W according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 30, 2026). [3]
4 NTSB records under N4500W: Accident on October 27, 2018 at Denver, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 3, 2003 at Koliganek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 1, 1997 at Noatak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusting wind conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA045 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03LA107 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and damage to the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were: the ice/snow covered runway, and the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC97TA045 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under PUBU
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC92T#A12 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data